Tides of History: A History of the Early Modern Period

Patrick Weimann: Tides of History has focused on the later middle ages in the early modern period. The time is fast approaching when we'll leave this era behind. Our next topic will be prehistory, from the dawn of humanity to the end of the Bronze Age. This was an age of pirates seizing merchant ships on the sea lanes of the Mediterranean and corsairs swooping down on unsuspecting villages.